Henby maecus quackeistbush



( N Mode 1.)

H. lVI. QUAOKENBUSH.

TRGET. I No. 307.799. Patented Nov. 11, 1884.

MTM/55555' I ///E/jmg UNrrnn Srlrrns ATENT trion;O

HENRY MARCUS QUACKENBUSH, OF HERKIMER, NEXV YORK.

TARG ET.

SPECIPICATION forming part of Letters Patent No..30'7,799, dated November 11, 1884.

Application filed September 19, 1884. (No model.)

To all wlwm it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY M. QUAOKEN- BUsI-I, of Herkimer, in the county of Herkimer and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Targets, of Which the following, taken in connection With the accompanying drawings, is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention consists in a novel, simple, and comparatively ineXpensive construction of a target designed to automatically signal the shots received in the bulPs-eye thereof.

The invention is fully illustrated in the annexed drawings, wherein Figure I is a face view of a target provided With my improvements. Fig. II is a back view of the same With its supporting back plate removed. Fig. III is an edge view of the target complete; and Fig. IV is a detached plan view of the lever Which carries the bullfs-eye disk, signal, and bell-hammer.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

T represents acast-metal target of the usual circular construction, and provided With the central aperture, (Z, occupying the space of the so-called bulPs-eye." Said target I east in one piece With studs e, e, e', e", and e'", and With a catch or shoulder, c, all of Which project from the back of the target.

To the ends of the studs e c and e' I attach the back plate, A,Which is formed With a horizontal base, n, by means of Which the target T can be supported in an erect position on any suitable horizontal platform or table, as represented in Fig. III of the drawings. Between the target and the aforesaid back plate, A, is arrangecLthe signaling mechanism, consisting of a tWo-armed lever, Z Z', which is pivoted at the junction of its arms on the stud-pin e. The arm Z of the said lever passes under the upper stud-pin, e', of the target, and thence projects upward, and carries on its free end the signal b in the form of a suitable image. The other arm, Z', of the lever has attached to it'a' disk, d, of a size to cover the aperture a of the target, and from said arm is extended a bellhammer, h. Said bell-hammer and the diskd and signal b are all east in one piece With the lever Z Z'.

B denotes a bell attached to the back of the target. The hammer 71,, disk (Land signal b stand in such position in relation to each other, and to the target, its aperture a, and bell B, that When the disk d is in coincidence With or in position to cover the aperture a of the target the signal b is drawn down so as to be concealed behind the target, and the hammer h is withdrawn from the bell B, as represented by dotted lines in Fig. II of the drawings, and When in the aforesaid position the disk cZ engages the catchi'c on the back of the target, and thus retains the lever Z Z' With its appurtenances in thekadescribed position.

A spring, s, is Wound around the stud-pin e", and has one end connected to the stud-pin e' and the other end attached to the arm Zl of the lever, and presses the same upward. When the lever is set to hold the disk (Z over the aperture a, and the missile hits the bulPs-eye, the disk d receives the said missile, and by the concussion thereof it is thrown out of its engagement With the catch c. The sprh] g s then throws up the leverZ Z', and thereby carries the signal b above the target, and simultaneously causes the hammer to strike the bell B. The aforesaid movement of the lever is arrested by collision of its arm Z With the stud-pin e' of the target.

A cord, r, is attached to the arm Z' of the lever, for dr'awin g the latter down into position for holding the disk (Z in range With the aperture a of the target, in Which position it is retained by the catch c, in the manner before described, until it is hit by a missile passing through the aperture a. In drawing the lever doWn as aforesaid the back of the hammer h encounters the stud-pin em, Which stands in such relative position as to arrest the down- Ward movement of the lever a-t the proper time.

It will be observed that aside from the spring and bell myimproved target and its signaling mechanism consists of two plain and simple castings, one of said castings forming the target T, With its aperturea, catch c, and studpins e, e, e', e", and e'", and the other castin g composing the lever Z Zf, With its image or signal b, disk d, and hammer h.- I thus produce in a very simple and inexpensive manner an automatic signaling-target.

IOO

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. The combination, With a target provided with a central aperture, of a spring-actuated lever pivoted back of the target, a bullZs-eye disk, and a signal attached to said lever, and a catch for yieldingly retaining the lever with its bull's-eye in range with the central aperture of the target, substantiallyas shown and set forth.

2. In combination with the target provided With a central aperture, a two-armed lever pivoted to the back of the target, a bnllZs-eye disk attached to one arm of the lever, a signal attached to the other arm of the lever, a spring for actuating said lever, and a catch for yieldingly retaining the lever in position for holding the bull7 s-eye in range with lthe central aperture of the target, substantially as described and shown.

, 3. In combination'with a target provided with a central aperture, atwo-armed lever pivoted to the back of the target, a signal attached to one of the arms of the lever, a bullZseye disk attached to the other arm of the lever, a bell arranged in the path of the lever, a spring for actnating the lever, and a catch for yieldingly retaining the lever in position for holding the bullZs-eye disk in range with the central aperture of the target, snbstantially as described and shown. i

4. In combination with the target provided with a central aperture, a, and catch c, the two-armed lever Z Z' and disk d,formed in one piece with said lever and pivoted at the j unction of the two arms, the signal b, attached to one of the arms of said lever, and the spring s, for actuating the lever, substantially as described. and shown.

5. In combination with the target provided with the central aperture, a, catch c, and bell B, the pivoted tWo-armed lever Z Z', having the hammer 71, and disk d, formed in one piece with said levers, and the spring s, for actuating he lever, substantially as shown and set' ort 6. In combination Vwith the target T, provided with the central aperture, a, catch c, and bell B, the pivoted two-armed lever Z Z', having the disk d, hammer h, and signal b, formed in one piece with said lever, and the spring s, for actuating the lever, substantially as described and shown.

7. The described self-registering target, composed of the target T, having the catch c, cast in one piece therewith, and provided with the aperture a, the lever Z Z', having the disk d, hammer h, and signal b,cast in one piece with said levers, the bell B, and spring s, substantially as described and shown.

8. The combination of thetarget T, provided with the aperture a and studs e c, the back A, formed with the supporting-base n, and secured to said stads, and the signaling mechanism arranged between the target and the back A, substantially as described and shown.

9. The combination of the target T, c'ast in one piece with the studs e e e' e e' and catch c, and provided with the aperture a, the twoarmed lever Z Z', formed in one piece with the signal b, disk d, and hammer h, the bell B, the spring s, the cord r, and the back A, secured to the studs e e e', and formed with the supporting-base n, all constructed and combined substantially as described and shown.

'In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name and aflixed my seal, in the presence of two attesting Witnesses, at Herkimer, in the county of Herkimer, in the State of New York, this 16th day of September, 1884.

llENItY MARCUS QUACKENBUSII. [Ls] W'itnesses:

J oHN KERsHAw, CHAs. H. BURRILL. 

